Chelsea pensioners -- British veterans -- sit as an officer shows his socks during the annual Founder's Day Parade at the Royal Chelsea Hospital. The In-pensioners at the Royal Chelsea Hospital were inspected by the countess of Wessex during Founder's Day. The hospital has been caring for British veterans since it was founded by King Charles II in 1682 and is currently home to some 300 pensioners all of whom have served in the British army and are over 65 years of age. All participants in the parade wear sprigs of oak leaves to commemorate the escape of the future King Charles II after defeat in a 1651 battle by hiding in the Royal Oak.

A Pakistani oil tanker driver bathes next to his tanker, which was used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan and is parked in a compound. U.S. negotiators pushing Pakistan to allow NATO troop supply convoys to resume to neighboring Afghanistan.

Pictures in the News | June 7, 2012

In Thursday’s Pictures in the News: Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick as the New Jersey Devils apply pressure in Game 4 (more photos) of the Stanley Cup Final at Staples Center; Chelsea pensioners celebrate Founder’s Day in London; a technician buffs the interior of the Liberty Bell as part of regular conservation work at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia; a man with hydro shoes flies over the water at a beach on the Baltic Sea in Sopot, Poland; a Pakistani oil tanker driver bathes from a bucket next to his tanker, which was used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan, in Karachi, Pakistan; Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, tests the new track surface at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. And there’s more.